Kevin Pietersen to Lead England Legends in Road Safety World Series 2021

Kevin Pietersen will lead England Legends and Khaled Mahmud will captain the Bangladesh Legends in the Unacademy Road Safety World Series scheduled to start at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur from March 5 to 21, 2021. Matthew Hoggard, Owais Shah, Monty Panesar, Nick Crompton are some of the other key members in the England Legends squad. Bangladesh Legends have Nafees Iqbal, Abdur Razzaq, and Mohd Rafique among others in their ranks.

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The England team is scheduled to land in Raipur from London via Delhi on Friday, February 26, 2021, afternoon whereas the Bangladesh team is scheduled to reach Raipur from Dhaka via Kolkata on Saturday, February 27, 2021.

About the League

Given the immense popularity of the sport of cricket in India, this annual T20 League aims to influence and change people’s mind set towards their behaviour on the roads and create awareness towards road safety in the country.

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The Unacademy Road Safety World Series is an initiative by Road Safety Cell of Maharashtra in association with Professional Management Group (PMG) spearheaded by Little Master Sunil Gavaskar as the Commissioner of the Series and Sachin Tendulkar is the Brand Ambassador of the League. Education technology platform Unacademy is the title sponsor and Viacom18 is the broadcast partner of the league.

The first edition of the series had to be called off after four games on March 11, 2020 due to the pandemic. All remaining matches will be now played in the newly-built 65,000 capacity stadium in Raipur.

Tickets and Live Streaming Information

Tickets for the matches are available on BookMyShow.com and matches will be broadcast Live on COLORS Cineplex, COLORS Kannada Cinema, FTA channel Rishtey Cineplex and live stream on VOOT and Jio.

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The squads

England Legends: Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Philip Mustard, Monty Panesar, Nick Crompton, Kabir Al,; Sajid Mahmood, JamesTredwell, Chris Schofield, Jonathan Trott, Ryan Sidebottom, Usman Afzaal, Matthew Hoggard, James Tindall.

Bangladesh Legends: Khaled Mahmud, Nafees Iqbal, Mohd Rafique, Abdur Razzaq, Khalid Mashud, Hanan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Alamgir Kabir. MD.Sharif Mushfiqur Rahman, Mamoon Rashid.

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